Internally, the Trump administration is projecting that the coronavirus could kill as many as 3,000 people a day
by the start of next month. Externally, President Trump is pressuring states to reopen. This all raises a question
that can feel hard to even ask out loud: Is the administration prepared for more Americans to die as it seeks a
quicker economic recovery? The private predictions, presented on a chart by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, show the number of daily deaths nearly doubling by the start of June. And they have the number of total
new cases per day skyrocketing, to 200,000 early next month from roughly 25,000 today. Defending Trump’s
plans to reopen the country, a White House spokesman said the newly revealed government projection had not
been vetted.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 5 May.
by the start of next month. Externally, President Trump is pressuring states to reopen. This all raises a question
that can feel hard to even ask out loud: Is the administration prepared for more Americans to die as it seeks a
quicker economic recovery? The private predictions, presented on a chart by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, show the number of daily deaths nearly doubling by the start of June. And they have the number of total
new cases per day skyrocketing, to 200,000 early next month from roughly 25,000 today. Defending Trump’s
plans to reopen the country, a White House spokesman said the newly revealed government projection had not
been vetted.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 5 May.
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